Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production · California

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming

Name: Ocean Mist Farms-Farming Workplace Safety Data
Creator: PlainSafetyScore
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Castroville, CA · ~33 workers · 2 years of OSHA Injury Tracking Application data.

Compiled by PlainSafetyScore · August 25, 2026

F
Failing Safety Record: 9.2
Avg TCR: 4.5
Industry avg: 0
Fatalities

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The verdict

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming runs at 205% of its industry's injury rate - far more dangerous than the typical Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production workplace, earning a grade F.

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming: 9.2 TCR = 205% of Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS 4.5 · 2y Form 300A (see methodology below)

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming safety composite

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming scores strongest on fatalities (safer than 52% of same-industry peers) and weakest on dart rate (safer than 7%), blended into one 0-100 breakdown against same-industry peers. A missing measure drops out and redistributes its weight rather than deflating the score. This is a per-dimension breakdown, distinct from the single letter grade above it (which weights TCR alone against the BLS industry benchmark).

21/100

Percentile-weighted across 3 of 3 measures

Total Case Rate (TCR): F 9.22 per 100 workers

Safer than 13% of industry peers
DART rate: F 10.87 per 100 workers

Safer than 7% of industry peers
Fatalities: D 0

Safer than 52% of industry peers

Benchmarked live against every credibly-rated employer in the same NAICS industry code in the current OSHA extract (a segment must have at least 8 rated peers to benchmark). Not a legal or compliance determination; PlainSafetyScore's own weighting (TCR 40%, DART 35%, fatalities 25%).

Rising injury rate

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming: 7.6 → 10.9 TCR

Peak year 2024 @ 10.9 TCR · DART/TCR 1.18× in 2024

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming's TCR rose 3.3 from 7.6 in 2023 to 10.9 in 2024. In 2024, DART was 1.18× this establishment's average TCR (severity share of cases).

OSHA ITA Form 300A scorecard

Establishment book 111219 · Castroville, CA ABOVE-IND · SMALL

Grade F · TCR 9.2 · 205% of ind

DART 10.9 DART
RANK #153/175
PHOTO Herndon Farms
BOOK 2y book
INJ 7 inj
SIZE ~33 FTE

Nearest TCR peer: Herndon Farms (0.0 TCR gap)

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9.2
Herndon Farms

9.2
Scarborough Fa

9.1
ATI Ag Service

9
Farming

9

What this shows Ocean Mist Farms-Farming averages 9.2 TCR (205% of the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production BLS benchmark).

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming TCR series: 2023=7.6 · 2024=10.9 · BLS 4.5

Where Ocean Mist Farms-Farming falls in its industry

331 Vegetable and melon farming, v establishments

Safer than 13% of graded establishments in this industry, whose median TCR is 5.5.

Grade F

More dangerous than peersSafer than peers

Narrower to California alone (the establishments it most directly competes with for workers and contracts): ranked #153 safest of 175 Vegetable and melon farming, v employers in California.

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming (33 employees, TCR 9.2) among 29 same-industry peers, split at the industry median of 82 employees and a TCR of 5.5

Ocean Mist Farms-Farming has fewer employees than the Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable ( median and a higher injury rate than the industry's median TCR of 5.5. Workforce size and injury rate do not always move together within the same industry -- some of its smaller peers run higher rates than its larger ones, and vice versa.

Year-by-Year Safety Data

Year	TCR	DART	Injuries	Illnesses	Fatalities
2024	10.9	10.9	4	0	0
2023	7.6	2.5	3	0	0

OSHA ITA peer cross-reference

Establishment peer ledger

111219 · CA · Castroville

331 Vegetable and melon farming, vegetable (except potato) and melon dominant crops, field, bedding plants and seed production employers nationwide with a credible TCR · 51,834 rated employers in California with headcount on file · 30 employers in Castroville, CA · 4 cross-state NAT-TCR peers · 4 cross-state NAT-SIZE peers. Closest matches by relationship code are listed below.

Rel	Establishment	Place	Metric
NAICS-TCR	Herndon Farms	LYONS, GA	9.2 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Scarborough Farms	OXNARD, CA	9.1 TCR
NAICS-TCR	ATI Ag Services, LLC	KINGSBURG, CA	9.0 TCR
NAICS-TCR	Farming	KING CITY, CA	9.0 TCR
STATE-SIZE	Tutti Frutti Farms	CARPINTERIA	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	EL CENTRO	HOLTVILLE	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	BULLSEYE FARMS 18	WOODLAND	33 FTE
STATE-SIZE	River Vista Farms LLC	COLUSA	33 FTE
CITY-NEAR	D&J Packing LLC PO Box 130 Castroville Ca 95012	Castroville	391 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ocean Mist Farms-Castroville	Castroville	171 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Ocean Mist Farms - Castroville	Castroville	145 FTE
CITY-NEAR	Del Llano Farms	Castroville	95 FTE
NAT-TCR	Willingway	Statesboro, GA	9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	White Castle System, Inc. Rensselaer Bakery	Rensselaer, IN	9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Thermo King Midwest Inc	Indianapolis, IN	9.2 TCR
NAT-TCR	Gas Construction Livonia	Inkster, MI	9.2 TCR
NAT-SIZE	Trans 765 S. Kirkman Rd	Orlando, FL	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Multi-Cast	Wauseon, OH	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	ECHO ED Corp	Sanford, FL	33 FTE
NAT-SIZE	Rae Drywall Inc.	Arvada, CO	33 FTE

Rel codes: NAICS-TCR · STATE-SIZE · CITY-NEAR · NAT-TCR/NAT-SIZE cross-state. Read with this employer →

Data Source: OSHA Injury Tracking Application (ITA), mandatory establishment-level injury/illness reports. Grades compare employer Total Case Rate (TCR) to BLS IIF industry benchmarks. Data covers years reported by this establishment: 2024, 2023. This is publicly available government data - not a legal determination of workplace conditions.

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